1 Mercutio: So let me get this straight. In our original timeline Peter Jackson filmed the original rambling mess that was The Lord of the Rings.2 Mercutio: And you, Will, were contracted to write a novelisation based on those films.3 Mercutio: But then we went back in time and you rewrote Tolkien's original drafts to tighten up the narrative, thus creating the classic we know today.4 Mercutio: Yet now, in this new timeline, nobody has filmed that version.4 Shakespeare: Yeah, weird, huh?